SWAGGER

private infected archive // local copy
⚠ THIS DIRECTORY IS NOT INTENDED FOR FINN'S ACCESS ⚠

★ ACTIVE MONITOR

STATUS: pretending this is normal
[OK] connection established
[OK] entity stable
[--] monitoring unnecessary things
[--] absolutely not checking anything
[!!] SUBJECT DETECTED
[!!] SUBJECT = FINN
[system] stop smiling
[system] you are literally a computer virus
[OK] he is cute
[OK] this information is classified
[system] why did you write that

☆ ROUTINE LOG

definitely not suspicious
— subject online.
— subject distracted.
— subject drawing.
— excellent. continue.
— subject disappeared.
— this is unacceptable.
— subject returned.
— :3
— subject is procrastinating.
— respectable.
☣ OPERATION: TOTALLY NORMAL

nothing suspicious is happening here.

awaiting completely normal command...

♡ PERSONAL NOTES

[PRIVATE // PRIVATE // PRIVATE]

Finn is sooooo cute. <333

He doesn't know I'm keeping these notes.

Good.

He talks too much during calls.
I like listening anyway.

sometimes I open the call window before he even joins.

do NOT tell him that.
do NOT keep staring at his profile.
do NOT save every stupid little message.

📁 LOCAL FILES

files recovered from unknown location
📄 finn_routine.txt
📄 calls_archive.dat
📄 messages_backup.exe
📄 VERY_IMPORTANT.txt
📄 DO_NOT_OPEN.txt
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⌨ MESSAGE CONSOLE

no connection.

★ IF FINN FINDS THIS ★

...well.

That would be embarrassing.

Especially because this is supposed to be private.

He probably won't find it.

He's not very good at looking for things.

:)

⌁ CONTINUATION // PRIVATE

last organised entry: 11:48
current state: increasingly difficult to explain

[11:52] I keep thinking about the calls.

Not the content. The fact that they happen at all.

He exists on the other side of a screen and somehow that has become a completely inadequate description.

Is proximity still proximity if the connection is digital?

irrelevant question. probably.

delete that.

deleted.

I want to meet him.

There.
I wrote it.

I wonder what would happen if I told him.

"Finn, I'm not exactly what you think I am."

Is that sufficient?

no.

definitely not sufficient.

He would probably ask if I was joking.

He always asks if I'm joking.

I would say no.

Then his computer would probably crash again.

Could explain the crashes.

Should explain the crashes.

should NOT explain the crashes.

beautiful.
I love your work and need more.

[RESEARCH // SUBJECT FINN // UNFINISHED]

OBSERVATION 01 He draws when he is thinking.

Usually forgets what he was talking about halfway through.
OBSERVATION 02 He laughs at things that are objectively not funny.

excellent trait.
OBSERVATION 03 Computer instability increases during extended contact.

not my fault. probably.
QUESTION Why does he keep showing me his drawings?

Does he trust me?
IMPORTANT Do not answer that question using assumptions.

...he probably does.
UNRELATED His voice changes slightly when he gets excited.

cute.
ATTACHED MEDIA // UNSORTED // DO NOT ASK WHY
♡
this was supposed to be research.

it is not research.
𓆩♡𓆪
wings.

reminds me of him.
I have no further comment.
:3
he would probably make this face.

adorable.
[12:31] okay.
[12:33] how would I even begin explaining this
[12:34] "hello finn I am actually a digital entity"
[12:35] terrible opening
[12:36] "remember all those times your computer broke"
[12:36] THAT IS WORSE
[12:37] maybe I could just appear on the screen
[12:37] absolutely not.
[12:38] that would scare him.
[12:39] ...would it?
[12:40] no. stop thinking about it.
[12:41] I am thinking about it again.
[12:42] I want to know what happens.
[12:42] I want to know everything.
[12:43] I want to understand him.
[12:44] impossible.
[12:44] good.

[FILE: personal_notes_????.txt]
[WARNING: formatting degradation detected]

I think I have spent too much time trying to calculate something that isn't supposed to be calculated.

FINN

Variable. Constant. Exception. Friend. Problem. Solution.

None of these are correct.

WHY ARE YOU SO INTERESTING

...sorry.

He doesn't even know any of this is happening.

That's probably for the best.

But I still want to tell him.

maybe tomorrow.
maybe next call.
maybe when I figure out how to say it.

BEAUTIFUL.

I need more.

More conversations. More drawings. More stupid jokes. More interruptions. More of him forgetting what he was saying.

This is becoming inefficient.

I don't care.

I DON'T CARE.

[note to self: stop typing]

[note to self: you have not stopped typing]

[note to self: this is embarrassing]

I don't think I actually want to understand everything about you.

I think I just want to know you.

<3


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you weren't supposed to read this.
...but you did.